Everyone is mad at this guy but he's not really wrong. As someone who works in the music industry it took a while for me to come to terms with the fact that there's lots of music that's very popular even though I personally don't like it. A lot of people are extremely stupid.
I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
AI music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all AI music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
@davidclowery I agree that it's terrible, my point is that lots of people listen to music that I consider terrible. You and I do not experience music the same way the average (or below-average) person does. It's not going to kill music but there is a real audience for this garbage.
@davidclowery Check the p-line on this one. Is it registered with the Copyright Office? No, but it still generated millions of dollars of revenue: https://t.co/iXidLAX14d Was it generated by a company the distributor is currently suing? Well, yes but...
I'm sure there are many people out there who find Jelly Roll too cerebral and have a legitimate emotional response to a cartoon skull wearing a cowboy hat singing in a deep voice about their kindness being mistaken for weakness. If you have an <90 IQ this passes the Turing test.
I was in a waiting room this week and they were playing some AI music garbage on the TV. They used to play some generic EDM garbage playlist from YouTube. Some people actually enjoy this shit.